History of Russia - Rurik to Revolution

From Prince Rurik to the Russian Revolution, this is a compilation of the first 5 episodes of Epic History TV's History of Russia.

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Music:
Audio Blocks
Premium Beat

'The Pyre'; 'Intrepid'; 'String Impromptu Number 1'; 'Brandenburg No.4'; 'All This'; 'Satiate Percussion'; 'The Descent';
Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution CC BY-SA 3.0

Images:
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
State Tretyakov Gallery
Russian State Historical Museum
National Art Museum of Ukraine
Herodotus: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 2.5
St.Volodymr: Dar Veter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Polish-Lithuanian Flag: Olek Remesz, CC BY 2.5
New York Public Library
Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library
Stenka Razin with kind permission of Sergei Kirrilov
Winter Palace: Alex Florstein Fedorov CC BY-SA 4.0
Imperial Academy of Fine Arts: Alex Florstein Fedorov CC BY-SA 4.0
Ipatievsky Monastery: Michael Clarke CC BY-SA 4.0
Trans-Alaska Pipeline: Frank Kovalchek CC BY 2.0
Gallows: Adam Clarke CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of the Saviour exterior: NoPlayerUfa CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of the Saviour interior: Mannat Kaur CC BY-SA 3.0

Audio Mix and SFX:
Chris Whiteside
Rene Bridgman

[CMDR_Demortuus]

Sorry for my English. I am from Russia, Siberia, I live near Lake Baikal. I like to watch videos about foreigners in Russia, their opinions, stories, reactions, and so on. We very often hear that the West and America do not like history, but more and more often I began to come across such foreign channels where they show and tell our story. And there are a lot of views on such channels and what else pleases, reading the comments, it is clear that you are very interested in it. Thank you to all of you, the authors of the channel, the authors of the comments, to all those who just watched these and other videos about Russia... It's a scary time right now, and I'm really pleased to know that so many people in the world want to know history.

[vehx]

Russian history, it's can be hectic, chaotic, bloody and traumatic, but no one can say that it was ever boring.

[urhomiesapien]

Battle of the Ice is probably one of the coolest names given to a medeval battle in my opinion

[shawentian]

I am a Chinese college student, and I really love history, especially Russian history. I'm delighted that the blogger shared this historical content with us. I enjoyed watching it very much. Keep up the good work, and I will continue to support the blogger!

[ЯковН-юх]

His voice is so epic, dramatic and catastrophic, graceful and great - just like Russian history!

[rightwingsafetysquad]

"But then Russia fought back" feels like it could be the national slogan.

[enigma]

Russian history is simply hardcore survival at all costs.

[miamcgee]

Russian history is truly fascinating. I never get bored learning about it.

[StopFear]

I think stylistically this is one of the best documentaries about any country, people, or civilization.

[ХРЕНОРЕЗ]

Imagine if you filmed a series in 8 seasons of 15 episodes of Russian history in the style of Game of Thrones, with all the battles, poisoning of the kings, all these pre-court underhanded games, intrigues, secrets

[MrMustafio]

When he said Poland and Russia signed the Pact of Eternal Peace I almost spit my coffee out

[Прекрасныйнезнакомец-пю]

19:10 I’m Russian and Volga Germans are still present in Russia! 200K as of now. At my workplace I know a lot of people with German last names.

[redjung]

I’m here because of Ukraine and Russia issue. Studying history is important to understand what is happening now. I hope you make more videos regarding history. I love all your videos ❤️

[keithnance]

As a ‘westerner’, we didn’t get exposed to too much Eurasian history. This was amazing. I’ll probably need to watch it a few more times. Thank you!

[puncific]

I have to say that I am Russian and I want to say to you " Thank you!" I really liked your video. I am pleased that foreigners are interested in the history of Russia. Keep making that video. I will definitely watch.

[PashaDemin]

"Kievan Rus'" - combination of words, invented in 19th century. It indicates a time period, when Kiev was a main city on Rus's lands. There were other Ruses, named after main city of time period. It was ended as russian tsardom.

[Benziiish]

My professor in political science stood infront of the whole class and said that if we choose his course because we wanted to know more about politics then we were better of quitting the course. He said "if you want to know about politics you shouldn't study political science, you should be studying history"

[РэйЧехов]

In 1812 Moscow not just was destroyed by fire. It was burned by Russians so French army could not stay there in winter. It's a important fact to know what russian people can sacrifice for victory

[melablu]

Long Long tough and uneasy history they had and yet they managed to create soo many beautiful and tender art jewels, most amazing composers, writers, painters, architects. Great taste, strong and sensitive at the same time. Your culture always inspired me.

[MoLe]

Absolutely no one:
Putin in his interview: